Post on 01-Jul-2018
transcript
Mission Statement
• The UCSF/UC Berkeley Male Reproductive Biology group is committed to advancing excellence in patient care and research. This highly collaborative research group seeks to:1. Understand basic mechanisms of male
reproduction 2. Translate knowledge of basic male reproductive
mechanisms into clinical diagnostic and therapeutic male infertility interventions.
Spermatogenesis and Stem Cell Biology
• Research Goals• Director, Nam Tran
Sperm Molecular Biology
• Research Goals• Director, Polina Lishko
Genetics of Male Infertility
• Research Goals• Director, Shweta Choudhry
Epidemiology and Geospatial Modeling
• Population-based male reproductive research• Director: To be determined
Fertility Preservation
• To understand the effect of cancer and cancer treatment on male reproduction
• To identify barriers to fertility preservation• To understand how desire for fertility affects
cancer treatment decisions• To identify means to improve fertility
preservation• Director, James Smith
Clinical Trials
• TKI and male reproduction– To measure the effect of Tyrosine Kinase
Inhibitors on male reproductive function
Male Reproductive Tissue Bank
• Surgical tissue– Testicle: normal and abnormal– Epididymis– Vas deferens– Seminal vesicle
• Semen samples• Serum • Clinical correlates• Directors: James Smith and Shweta Choudhry
Molecular Biology Post-Doctoral Fellowship
• Director, Polina Lishko
Spermatogenesis Post-Doctoral Fellowship
• Director, Nam Tran
Grant Funding
• R01- Fatty acid regulation of ion channels• UCSF RAP-TKI and male reproduction• R01-Seminal vesicle function and HIV
Administrative
• Imelda Tenggara-Research coordinator• Fertility Preservation Clinical Research
Coordinator• Fertility Preservation Contact